Turbot Bank
The Turbot Bank is a shelf bank and mound feature of the seabed of the North Sea that lies off the east coast of Scotland, about east of Peterhead. The depth of water above the bank varies from 60 m below sea level on top of the bank down to 80 m at its margins. It has been designated as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area since 2014.
It is an important habitat for sand eels, small fish of various species that are eaten by seabirds such as Atlantic puffin and black-legged kittiwake, as well as fish such as plaice and marine mammals such as dolphins. The bank is particularly associated with Raitt's sand eel, which live buried in the sand of the bank for months at a time.
